Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I think I see the confusion now and maybe I will try and explain it. I have all the books here, the arts and crafts book, Building on Strengths - A Community Based Approach and those are still going ahead, Mr. Speaker. Any of the mega projects that you have heard mentioned, and I think the first one that came up was the diamond mines and the road, are not being dealt with by Economic Development and Tourism, other than the fact, we have a person who is looking at the impact on the Kitikmeot to make sure we know what the impact is going to be. The numbers with regard to that venture were processed by the Department of Finance. When we look at the Hondo Oil and Gas issue, Mr. Speaker, that is being dealt with by Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources. The Department of Economic Development and Tourism, to my knowledge, is not involved in any of those mega projects, as you might say, they are still concentrating on delivering to communities the programs that we have in place and reacting to projects that communities bring forward to them. We are not changing the focus one iota, Mr. Speaker. We are continuing as we were before and many of those mega projects are being dealt with by other departments. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
John Pollard on Question 715-12(3): Government's Commitment To Economic Strategy
In the Legislative Assembly on April 2nd, 1993. See this statement in context.
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Question 715-12(3): Government's Commitment To Economic Strategy
Item 5: Oral Questions
April 1st, 1993
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John Pollard Hay River
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